F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Maryland Home!

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Maryland Home!

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Maryland Home!

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This is the home where Fitzgerald returned to publish Tender is the Night and Taps At Reveille. It was also the home from which his essay collection was published in The Crack-Up. Almost the complete opposite of Villa Picolette, the 1920 Victorian was a city house in a climate where winter heat was heavily dependent on wood or coal fires and the fireplace was not only decorative, but necessary for survival from the cold. Where Villa Picolette was open on all sides with huge French doors opening out to the many terraces and breezes off the sea, his Baltimore house was closed in on either side due to the close proximity of its neighbors only a few feet away.

By now, Fitzgerald was deep in the throes of alcoholism and physical disintegration, not to mention his solitary lifestyle with Zelda ensconced in yet another institution. Though the tumultuous relationship of Scott and Zelda has been brought into the spotlight by novelists, biographers and songwriters (Witchy Woman), no one really knows if the constant stress of living with Zelda’s schizophrenia caused Scott’s lessening ability to write, or if his somewhat harsh controlling manner contributed to the onset of her mental disease. Both died at an early age, he from alcoholism and she in a fire in a sanitorium in North Carolina.

They claim to have a contract after being on the market only a week. They even cancelled the open houses scheduled for the weekend. Granted it was priced quite low. But Fitzgerald’s house in Baltimore is either the fastest sale of the year or, with all the media attention, the current owners may have wised up and pulled it from the market to later put it back at double the price.

Located in the Bolton Hill neighborhood, the 3,600 square foot house has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, high ceilings, tall windows and French doors with transoms. The fireplace surrounds are exceptional and other than basic updates, the house is mostly original to Fitzgerald’s period of residence. Until it was rapidly pulled from the market, the house was priced at a very reasonable $450,000. It will be interesting to learn whether or not it is truly under contract or if something different (larger asking price) will transpire in the future.

Source: realestate.aol.com